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THIS EVIL WORLD by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS

First Line: I DUG TO FIND THE GREAT WORLD'S HEART OF WRONG
Last Line: IT WAS MY OWN MAD-FOOLISH HEART OF DOUBT.

I dug to find the great world's Heart of Wrong.
Deeply I dug, and labored hard and long.
Hotly I dug, indignant at man's woe,
And that a God of love should have it so.

At last, in central deeps of cruel heat
Where all the elements of evil meet,
I found the Heart of Wrong and pulled it out:
It was my own mad-foolish heart of doubt.



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